RIGHT NOW. AND FIRST AT 5:00. THE HIGH POINT CITY COUNCIL HAS RECENTLY ADOPTED A REPORT FURTHERING THE CONVERSATION OF REPARATIONS FOR HIGH POINTS. AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES. WXII 12 JOSHUA DAVIS SAT DOWN WITH THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER TO TALK ABOUT WHAT’S IN THAT REPORT AND HOW IT AFFECTS THE COMMUNITY. A COMMON IDEA WHEN WE TALK ABOUT REPARATIONS IS REPAYING BLACK COMMUNITIES THROUGH MONEY. BUT A COUNCILMAN I SPOKE TO SAYS THEIR FOCUS ISN’T JUST ON CUTTING A CHECK. IT’S ABOUT COMPREHEND OF POLICY CHANGES AND THE IMPACTS THEY’LL HAVE IN THE LONG TERM. THE ONE HIGH POINT COMMISSION IS COMPRISED OF MEMBERS OF THE LOCAL NAACP. CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND OTHER LOCAL LEADERS WITH THE FOCUS OF ADDRESSING HISTORIC INEQUITIES THAT COMMUNITIES OF COLOR FACE. COUNCILMAN MICHAEL HOLMES REPRESENTS THE CITY OF HIGH POINT SIXTH WARD AND IS A MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION. WE LOOK AT SOME OF THE HISTORIC INEQUITIES AND THAT BLACK HIGH POINT HAS TO FACE WHEN IT COMES TO FOOD INSECURITY, WHEN IT COMES TO MEDIAN INCOME, WHEN IT COMES TO ECONOMIC ADVANCEMENT, WHEN IT COMES TO EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, AT HIGH POINT HAS SUFFERED SOME OF THE WORST OUTCOMES IN OUR NATION. AT THE HIGH POINT, CITY COUNCIL HAS ADOPTED A REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION BREAKING DOWN THESE ISSUES AND HOW THEY AFFECT DIFFERENT AREAS OF HIGH POINT FOR HIGH POINT REPARATION TAKES. THE FORM OF CITY POLICY BEING MADE TO SPECIFICALLY TARGET THESE INEQUITIES. THIS WAS NEVER ABOUT TRANSFERS OF MONEY, BECAUSE WE KNOW IN THE LONG TERM, UM, YOU KNOW, A SHORT INFUSION OF MONEY IS NOT GOING TO MOVE PEOPLE OUT OF POVERTY IN A GREAT DEAL. IT’S CHANGING THE ENVIRONMENT, ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT FOR PEOPLE THAT THAT THEY EXIST IN AND GETTING AND GETTING THOSE LONG TERM OPPORTUNITIES BACK HOMES ADDS THAT WHILE OTHER CITIES ARE FOCUSING ON SOME POLICY WHEN IT COMES TO ADDRESSING REPARATIONS, IT’S NOT TO THE SAME EXTENT AS HIGH POINT, BUT TO HAVE AN ENTIRE ROADMAP TO ADDRESS THIS HISTORIC POVERTY IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK ONCE, ONCE WRITTEN LARGE, THE COUNTRY GETS THE GETS A HOLD OF. WE’RE REALLY GOING TO SEE A LOT OF FOLKS EMULATING WHAT WE DID HERE IN HIGH POINT. YOU KNOW, HOLMES SAYS THE NEXT STEPS WILL INCLUDE GOING OVER THE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS OF THIS REPORT AND HOW THE CITY COULD ALLOCATE RESOURCES. AS HE SAYS, THEY’LL ALSO DIVE DEEPER INTO WHAT SHORT, MEDIUM AND LONG TERM EFFECTS COULD LOOK LIKE. REPORTING FROM HIGH POINT, I’
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City of High Point adopts report that explores reparations for Black communities
The city’s focus isn’t just on cutting a check, it’s about comprehensive policy changes and the impact they’ll have in the long-term.
Updated: 7:30 PM EDT Oct 2, 2023
The High Point City Council has recently adopted a report that furthers the conversation of reparations for High Point’s Black communities. Top StoriesGreensboro police investigating homicide that happened outside of high school football game1 dead in a shooting at a Eden bar and grill parking lotTaco Bell employee shot multiple times by angry customerLucky ticket in North Carolina hits $2 million lottery win A common idea when talking about reparations is repaying black communities through money. However, Councilman Michael Holmes, who represents the city of High Point’s 6th ward and is a member of the commission, says the city’s focus isn’t just on cutting a check. It’s about comprehensive policy changes and the impact they’ll have in the long term. “We finally have a concerted focus on areas of our city that have been ignored for a long time,” he said.Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking here The One High Point Commission is comprised of members of the local NAACP, city council members, and other local leaders. They’re focused on addressing historic inequities that communities of color face. “We look at some of the historic inequities that black High Pointers have to face,” Holmes said. “When it comes to food insecurity, when it comes to median income, when it comes to economic advancement, when it comes to educational attainment. High Point has suffered some of the worst outcomes in our nation, not just our state.” The newly adopted report from the commission breaks down these issues and how they affect different areas of High Point. It’s also why, when it comes to the conversation of reparations, it will take the form of city policy being made to specifically target those inequities. Keep up with the latest news and weather by downloading the WXII app here.”This was never about transfers of money,” Holmes said. “Because we know in the long term, you know, a short infusion of money is not going to move people out of poverty a great deal. It’s changing the environment, economic environment for people that that they exist in and getting those long-term opportunities back.” Holmes adds that while other cities are focusing on some policy when it comes to addressing reparations, it’s not to the same extent as High Point. He says if they’re successful, they’ll be a model for others to follow. “To have an entire roadmap to address historic poverty is something that I think once written, the country gets the gets a hold of , we’re really going to see a lot of folks emulating what we did here in High Point,” he said. Holmes says the next steps will include going over the different components of the report and how the city could allocate resources. They’ll also dive deeper into what short, medium, and long-term effects could look like. NAVIGATE: Home | Weather | Watch NOWCAST TV | Local News | National | News We Love |Trending Stories
The High Point City Council has recently adopted a report that furthers the conversation of reparations for High Point’s Black communities.
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A common idea when talking about reparations is repaying black communities through money. However, Councilman Michael Holmes, who represents the city of High Point’s 6th ward and is a member of the commission, says the city’s focus isn’t just on cutting a check. It’s about comprehensive policy changes and the impact they’ll have in the long term.
“We finally have a concerted focus on areas of our city that have been ignored for a long time,” he said.
Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking here
The One High Point Commission is comprised of members of the local NAACP, city council members, and other local leaders. They’re focused on addressing historic inequities that communities of color face.
“We look at some of the historic inequities that black High Pointers have to face,” Holmes said. “When it comes to food insecurity, when it comes to median income, when it comes to economic advancement, when it comes to educational attainment. High Point has suffered some of the worst outcomes in our nation, not just our state.”
The newly adopted report from the commission breaks down these issues and how they affect different areas of High Point. It’s also why, when it comes to the conversation of reparations, it will take the form of city policy being made to specifically target those inequities.
Keep up with the latest news and weather by downloading the WXII app here.
“This was never about transfers of money,” Holmes said. “Because we know in the long term, you know, a short infusion of money is not going to move people out of poverty a great deal. It’s changing the environment, economic environment for people that that they exist in and getting those long-term opportunities back.”
Holmes adds that while other cities are focusing on some policy when it comes to addressing reparations, it’s not to the same extent as High Point. He says if they’re successful, they’ll be a model for others to follow.
“To have an entire roadmap to address historic poverty is something that I think once written, [when] the country gets the gets a hold of [it], we’re really going to see a lot of folks emulating what we did here in High Point,” he said.
Holmes says the next steps will include going over the different components of the report and how the city could allocate resources. They’ll also dive deeper into what short, medium, and long-term effects could look like.
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